Tire.



No. 823,839. l l PATENTBD JUNE 19, 1906.

W. N. WRIGHT & E, CARSON. f

TIRE. APPLIOATION FILED M125. 1905.

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WILLIAM N. WRIGHT lA ND ELMER CARSON, or BEAvER, PENNSYLVANIA.

Y TIRE. L i i Specification of Letters Patent. Appliationled April25,1905. Serial No. 257.379.

i 'Patented June 19,1906.

vfollowing to be a lfull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper` tains to make and use the same, reference Ebeing had to the accompanying drawings,

and the figures of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this speciiication.

This invention has relation to automobiletires, and has for its object the provision of a tire of novel form and construction and which will not be injured by unctres andwill have better wearin qua ities than the pneumatic tires ordinari y employed.

Afurther object of this invention is to provide novel means for preventing tires from slipping in the direction of their rotation and -also to prevent them from sliding sidewise.`

To accomplish the several above-named objects of our invention and other objects that will be developed in the following description, we make our tire of a large number` of circular pieces of suitable materialsuch pa}per fiber, or the likeac as leather, rubber, such pieces being e in the form of a erforated disk slightly thicker on one side t an on the other, and these disks are arran ed side b side on a circular core compose of se ara lesections and atintervalswe arrange bo ts-orfastening devices of novel form, which serve as shoes or teeth to afford additional gripping qualities to the periphery of the tire an also provide means for the attachment of the-tire'to the rim of a wheel.

Our invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein we have illustrated our improvement, and inthe several res of which corresponding numerals designate like arts, Fi re 1 is a side elevation of a wheel) provi ed with a tire constructed according to our improvement. Fig. 2 is a detail side elevation of a metallic core or center that is em- Vloyed in connection with the tire shown in ig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of .a-portion of the'tireshown in Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 `are an edge view and front view, respectively, of one of the disks of which the body of the tires is composed, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one ofthe bolts which we employ to attach the tire to the rim of the wheel and also to afford additional bearing or-grip ing surface to thek tire.

The wheels own in Fig. 1 is of conveni tional form and comprises the hub 1, th/e spokes 2, and the rim 3, these arts being constructed in the usual or in any dlesired manner. The tire, which isshownin osition on the wheel in Fig. 1 and designate 4, is composed of a number of disks 5, of any appropriate material, such as leather, rubber, paper fiber, or any other material which will possess the requisite wearin ualities.

ach of the disks tapers slight y rom one edge to theother edge, so that when the disks are arranged side by side around the lrim of the wheel each disk will be in complete contact on both sides with the adjacent disks. Each disk is formed with a central opening 6,

Aand a core or band, which is composed of a plurality of sections, each designated 7, is passed through the openings in all the disks and serves as will be presently described, to hold the disks in proper position upon the rim of the wheel. Each of thel sections 7,

which sections are composed of steel or iron wire, is provided with a hole 7 at each end and a hole 7 kat the center, and lthe-ends of the sections overlap andare secured together by the fastening bolts, which are. passed through the holes at the.` ends of the section'7 to secure thesesections together.

At intervals throughout the "circumference of the tire we arrange bolts 8, these bolts be-I TOO way. Each of the bolts 8 extends, as before described, through the holes inthe section 7 and extends through the rim and is heldin position by a nut` 10, that bears on the inner surface of the rim, asshown in Fig. 1. Vire claiml 1. In a tire, the combination of a sectional metallic core, a plurality of .circular wed eshaped disks arranged on said core, and bo ts arranged at intervals and extending between IIO 1Q 1 l @93.839v

the disks, said bolts having beering-surfaces In testimony whereof We aflx ou1` signacxtendng be ond the outer surface of the tures in presence' of two witnesses. tire, substsntmlly as described.

2. A tire composed of a pluralit of circu- 5 lar disks, a central core and a p urality of J bolts having substantially Z-shaped. Outer Witnesses: 'ends projecting beyond the surface ofthe ad- JOHN W. HARRISON, t

jacent disks. A. T. ANDERSON. 1 

